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Château des Ravalet

France · 16th century

Founded
1562
Style
Renaissance architecture
Heritage status
classified historical monument · site naturel inscrit
Location
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Coordinates
49.6298°, -1.5667°
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Château des Ravalet in France
Photo: Julien.scavini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château des Ravalet, also known as the Château de Tourlaville, is a 16th-century residence, altered in 1859 by the Viscount de Tocqueville, standing in the territory of the former French commune of Tourlaville, in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.

The château, which was the setting for the forbidden love of Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, is listed as a historic monument.

Machine-translated from “Château des Ravalet” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château des Ravalet ranks #5,121 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #447 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1562, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,362 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 33 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Normandy. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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